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Nazarbayev suggests to develop businesses along Western Europe-Western China road
There are opportunities for many businesses along this road: Nazarbayev.
23 September 2013
Every fifth Astana citizen runs business
Astana has 158 thousand entrepreneurs.
06 September 2013
Astana businessman breeds hedgehogs for meat
An businessman from Akmola oblast Sergei Bukushev is going to set up a hedgehog farm near Astana city.
04 September 2013
Drinking buddy, a new service in Astana
'Drinking buddy is a new paid service in Astana offered by a 42-y.o. man.
26 August 2013
US manufacturing gaining on competition: study
After decades of hollowing out, US manufacturing is overtaking competitors and stands to grab up to $115 billion more in export business from rivals by 2020.
21 August 2013
South Korean businessmen rally for reopening of Kaesong
Hundreds of S. Korean businessmen rallied Wednesday near the border with N. Korea, urging the swift resumption of operations at their abandoned plants in a shuttered inter-Korean industrial zone.
07 August 2013
Tourists flock to Pakistan Kashmir valley in rare boom
Success stories can be rare in Pakistan, but business is booming in one Kashmir tourist spot as the region rebuilds after a devastating earthquake and shrugs off associations with violence.
20 July 2013
WikiLeaks plane 'ready' to bring Snowden to Iceland
A chartered private jet is ready to bring US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to Iceland from Hong Kong.
21 June 2013
Aktau to host Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Business Forum
Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Business Forum will be held on June 19 in Aktau.
17 June 2013
Business aviation still waiting recovery to find its wings
Manufacturers of business jets can look forward to climbing sales in the years to come thanks to emerging markets as they gather in Switzerland for an annual air show, having survived the turbulence of the global financial crisis.
21 May 2013
Tycoons comment rumors about leaving Kazakhstan
Billionaires Patokh Chodiev, Alijan Ibragimov and Aleksander Mashkevich commented rumors about their intention to sale their business and leave of Kazakhstan.
03 May 2013
N. Korea ignores overture on industrial zone: Seoul
North Korea has ignored a plea by South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone on Tuesday for talks on its future, amid fears of a permanent closure.
30 April 2013
Sao Paulo rich use choppers to beat traffic jams
Former model-turned-business mogul Cozete Gomes owns eight companies and does not really have time to be stuck in Sao Paulo's epic traffic jams.
25 April 2013
Inventions, practical and oddball, showcased at Geneva fair
The impeccably-dressed South Korean flipped a tyre sideways, and with a deft sweep snapped a curious, pastel-shaded device onto the hub.
11 April 2013
Rating of expensive offices made in Kazakhstan
Almaty is number one in the list of the cities with most expensive elite offices.
25 March 2013
TNT Express to shed 4,000 jobs after UPS takeover fails
Dutch post and courier company TNT Express said Monday it would shed around 4,000 jobs over the next three years as it restructures after US rival UPS' takeover bid failed in January.
25 March 2013
Philippines bets on joining gaming elite with mega casino
The Philippines was set to open a $1.2 billion giant casino on Saturday in a high-stakes bid to join the world's elite gaming destinations.
16 March 2013
Afghan businessmen expected in Astana
A delegation of major Afghanistan entrepreneurs will come to Astana on March 14, 2013 for the first time.
12 March 2013
Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister to visit Helsinki
Kazakhstan-Finnish business forum will be held in Helsinki.
11 March 2013
French minister vows to cut red tape for investors
A French minister vowed Thursday to cut bureaucracy in a bid to lure foreign investors, and said her South Korean roots would help to boost France's profile in booming Asia.
07 March 2013